Cultivating Immortality on a Talent Show

Jiang Qiye failed to ascend and returned to his original world.

At the time, he was the nation's favorite black moonlight, appearing on an idol survival show as a foil to the favored prince, boosting the prince's popularity. He'd made a fool of himself and stupidly thought his popularity was recovering and he might be able to pay off his debts, only to get mercilessly mocked by the entire internet.

Thinking about the rotten eggs thrown at him when he left the island, Jiang Qiye took it all in stride. He decided to cultivate immortality on the survival show and counter the malicious editing with love and positivity.

And, as a kind gesture, he:

Exorcised the spirit haunting the favored prince

Cured the celebrity kid's stubborn acne

Treated the mentor's hair loss

Helped the cameraman and editor find boyfriends

Restored a keepsake belonging to the guest star's mother

Halfway through watching the show and cursing at it, the audience suddenly realized something was off.

The black moonlight who'd been clumsy and fought for the center spot and screen time in the first half had suddenly become a meek, unassuming little victim.

And the people ranked first through fifth on the support chart were fighting over a place beside him?

The prince, who'd once publicly mocked Jiang Qiye for being talentless but craving the spotlight: "Jiang Qiye has to be the center. I won't accept anyone else!"

The celebrity kid, who'd once kept ten meters away from Jiang Qiye: "I only want second place, because first place belongs to Jiang Qiye."

The mentor, who'd once said Jiang Qiye's stage presence was too greasy: "Jiang Qiye is the next shining star of boy bands!"

The photographer and editor, who'd once made Jiang Qiye look short and squat: "Jiang Qiye is the visual centerpiece of PD18018!"

The movie emperor, who'd once angrily flipped a table and said he wouldn't appear in the same movie as Jiang Qiye: "I've booked all ten movies Jiang Qiye will make after the show."

After the fans were left dumbfounded, the antis kept calling Jiang Qiye talentless. But during the performance, they saw him lightly touch the tips of his toes to the ground, leap into the air, and perform the splits, his flowing robes making him look like an immortal in a painting?

The movie emperor's fans accused Jiang Qiye of playing mind games and told him not to drag their idol down. But in the talent test, they saw him play five roles at once, bringing the multiple personalities of a high-functioning antisocial person with dissociative identity disorder vividly to life??

Fans of all the unknown contestants got jealous and nitpicked, saying he didn't know how to work the cameras. The next day, they saw a photo of him leaving work, lips curled into a smile that made the antis' hearts race??

After he debuted as the center, famous directors competed to cast him, advertisers fought to sign him as a spokesperson, and patients from all over, somehow having heard of him, came with a million in cash, begging him to treat them.

Jiang Qiye was busy, but fulfilled.

Until one day, the movie emperor showed up on the red carpet with a rose and a diamond ring and publicly proposed to him. His reason was that Jiang Qiye always smiled at him, and every time he did, the emperor's heart beat beyond the normal range??

The antis all said they understood.

The movie emperor's fans were so moved they wept.

Jiang Qiye: ...I was just spreading love and peace!

A laid-back, beautiful cultivator who loves spreading the seeds of love and peace (top) x a straight-laced fanboy who thinks the top's smile is the very definition of justice (bottom)

Theme: Baseless malice will ultimately lose to love, beauty, and peace